For about a year and half we’ve been learning how to hunt for edible mushrooms here in Oregon and it’s been an awesome experience! Mushrooms are amazing, they are so diverse and abundant. Oregon has some of the best edible mushrooms in the world and the wet, rainy climate is perfect for fungi. This fall … More Learning How to Mushroom Hunt in Oregon
Why make homemade yogurt? Because it saves so so so much plastic! There are no preservatives and it’s cheap too. We have been trying to use (a little) less plastic these days and saving plastic on grocery items can be hard. Yogurt is a no brainer though, especially individually packaged yogurt containers, are a huge … More Homemade Yogurt
I get asked a lot for a list of items to buy to start a zero waste lifestyle. That question always seems to make me feel bad as zero waste isn’t about purging everything you currently own to go broke buying new, expensive, sustainable products. One of the big components to reducing waste is to […] … More 10 Ways to Start Zero Waste With Items You Already Have — Zero Waste Nerd
Guest post by: Henry Moore of FitWellTraveler Henry is the co-creator of FitWellTraveler. The site blends two of his favorite subjects (travel and health) to provide readers with information about how to get the most out of both. He believes travel can change you, and good health preserves you. He combines both in his work on FitWellTraveler. … More Travel Is Healing
A few weeks ago we wrote a post about the best travel apps we’ve found; but we’ve recently discovered a new one that needs to make it onto the top of our list. Trip Scout Travel App gives you a personalized walking tour of cities around the world and they are adding more cities all the … More Trip Scout Travel App
Improve the positive impact of your travels with these 20 easy tips! 1. Don’t buy ivory souvenirs. 2. Turn off the water while shaving or shampooing. 3. Seek out unique destinations. 4. Eat less meat and more vegetables. 5. Ride rented bikes. 6. Choose a “green hotel” or eco lodge that uses alternative energy sources, … More 20 Things You Can Do To Become A More Sustainable Traveler
As we try and use less plastic one thing that we’ve noticed that we do buy from the grocery store a lot is coconut milk. The cardboard containers come with plastic lids that are non-recyclable and don’t ever decompose. If you go for the canned coconut milk, it is lined with BPA. So we started … More Easy Homemade Coconut Milk
I’ve recently been baking bread like crazy and have been experimenting with some different recipes and this one is my favorite versions of an easy whole-wheat bread. At the bottom of the recipe I have a link to a coupon for $1.00 off of any Bob’s Red Mill Product. Ingredients 1 1/2 cups warm water … More Healthy Whole Wheat Bread Recipe
Here’s a list of the best apps we’ve found for traveling! From language barriers to getting around a new place these apps have ended up saving us lots of time and money. Couchsurfing Airbnb Booking.com Google Maps Citymapper XE Currency Trip Advisor Google Translate Duolingo Whatsapp
While traveling you are often faced with whether or not to accept customs that are in conflict with your own beliefs. While this is hard to figure out, there are some traditional practices that sustainable travelers should never support. Buying Products Made From Ivory Buying souvenirs is often a highlight of any trip and some … More Harmful Practices Tourists Should Never Support
